Prabhakar Gundala, Santhosh A N, Manjunath S S, Santosh K V
Department of ENT, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre (VIMS & RC), Whitefield, Bangalore, 560066 India.
Department of Pathology, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Whitefield, Bangalore, 560066 India.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Jul;65(Suppl 1):171-3. doi: 10.1007/s12070-011-0394-4. Epub 2011 Dec 13.
Cervical thymic cysts are rare lesions often misdiagnosed clinically as branchial cyst. Here we report a rare case of multiloculated thymic cyst in a young 8 year old male child on the left side of the neck. Histopathology of the excised cyst revealed mural nodules of thymic tissue with prominent Hassal's corpuscles associated with multiloculated cyst. This case is presented here for its rarity. It should be included in the differential diagnosis of neck masses in children.
颈部胸腺囊肿是罕见的病变,临床上常被误诊为鳃裂囊肿。在此,我们报告一例罕见的多房性胸腺囊肿病例,患者为一名8岁男性儿童,囊肿位于左侧颈部。切除囊肿的组织病理学检查显示,囊肿壁有胸腺组织结节,伴有明显的哈氏小体,囊肿为多房性。此病例因其罕见性而在此呈现。它应被纳入儿童颈部肿块的鉴别诊断中。